There are no signs of stopping, as top sportsbooks have all set up shop in the state and offer lucrative welcome bonuses to attract even more new players to the scene. Within one year the revenue from New Jersey and especially Atlantic City sports betting had become the highest in America, surpassing Las Vegas and Nevada. The Garden State wanted sports betting and it is easy to see why. Governor Phil Murphy made the first sports bet at Monmouth Park signifying the true beginning of New Jersey sports betting. Less than two months after PASPA was struck down, sports betting was legalized in New Jersey on June 14, 2018. New Jersey was the true driving force behind legal sports betting in America.
“We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution.”
